Interview with our topper Dr. Khushboo Rathore

Interview with our topper Dr. Khushboo Rathore

Dr. Khushboo Rathore did her BDS from VYAS Dental and joined DAMS

She secured Rank 98 IN AIPGE MDS & 1 in RPG (Dental) 2014 Exam

DAMS: Congratulations on securing a  good  ranks. What is the secret of your success in this exam?
Dr. Khushboo: Secret is nothing, just kept following what your mentors say, do revise everything you read, be focused & don’t let any negativity affect your preparation.

DAMS: How did your parents, family and friends contribute to your success?
Dr. Khushboo: Parents had always been supporting, they had been the best motivator throughout the complete voyage.

DAMS: Who influenced you to take up Dentistry?
Dr. Khushboo: Was a self decision.

DAMS: We appreciate the fact that preparing for an extremely competitive exam must be really challenging. During your preparation, did you ever doubt your ability to succeed in it?
Dr. Khushboo: No, if i had doubted myself at any moment I might not reached this position.

DAMS:  Which books did you read for the theory part?
Dr. Khushboo: Standard dental books but only few topics, textbooks require time to read, I had not so much...

DAMS : Which books did you read for MCQ revision? Which revision books were the most productive and which were least?
Dr. Khushboo: Dental pulse, dentest AA, MK, wadhwan, ritu duggal, NBD, prabhakar, dhawan was least useful.

DAMS: How important you think was DAMS in your preparation ?
Dr. Khushboo: It played a major role, mostly was in touch with DAMS MDS Team, got great support & managed to keep my preparation.

DAMS: What do you think is the better way of preparation between selective, intensive study and wide, extensive study? What did you choose as your style of studying?
Dr. Khushboo: Selective intensive study becomes more important for such kind of exams so my pattern had been mainly selective.

DAMS: Indian PG entrances are highly competitive so to compete them students end up in appearing in multiple PG exams, kindly extend your views on this and also their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances .
Dr. Khushboo: It’s wise to appear for multiple exams, since we have very less no of seats for PG courses its always better that we keep more than one option in mind & not just AIPGE.

DAMS: Which subjects did you focus on?
Dr. Khushboo: Mostly dental clinical subjects for RPG & medical subjects for AIPGE.

DAMS: What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why?
Dr. Khushboo: 182 for AIPGE, left those for which i was totally clue less. 200 for RPG.

DAMS: What do you want to specialize in, why and where?
Dr. Khushboo: Oral & Maxillofacial sx, had always been my dream branch, GDC Jaipur, if I can get.

DAMS: Which teachers in DAMS influenced you most and what do you like about DAMS and would recommend to your juniors?
Dr. Khushboo: DAMS MDS team. This idea of combining medical & dental would be a breakthrough in entrance field for coming years. Do follow your mentor’s instructions, revision is very important, be strong & focused, and never give up.